USA: FDR sells Britain 50 over-aged destroyers. U.S. orders all aliens fingerprinted. Supreme Court rules schools may compel saluting the flag. Draft law passed. FDR swamps Willkie, wins unprecedented third term.

SONGS: Ballad for Americans. All or Nothin at All. Fools Rush In. The Last Time I Saw Paris. The Nearness of You. How High the Moon. Cabin In the Sky. Taking a chance on Love. This is my Country. When You Wish Upon a Star. You Are My Sunshine.

WORLD: Hitler's forces overpower Norway and Denmark. Panzers, Stukas blitz low countries. Finland surrenders to Russian Army. Prime Minister Churchill offers Britain blood, toil, tears and sweat. German armor knifes into France. Evacuation of British and French troops from Dunkirk. Mussolini declares war on Britain and France. Japan demands China surrender. Soviets take over Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia. Germans march into Paris. Petain sets up government in Vichy. Britain prepares for invasion. Luftwaffe loses. Air blitz on London RAF bombs Germany. Italy invades Greece. British tanks hit Italian armor in Africa. Batista takes over Cuba. Exiled Soviet leader Trotsky assassinated in Mexico.

MOVIES: Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Boom Town. Rebecca. Pride and Prejudice. The Grapes of Wrath. The Great Dictator. Pinocchio. Tin Pan Alley. The Long Voyage Home. Our Town. Fantasia. North West Passage. The Philadelphia Story. My Little Chickadee. Doctor Kildare Goes Home.

STAGE: There Should Be No Night. The Corn is Green. Johnny Belinda. Juno and the Paycock. Panama Hattie. The Male Animal. Charley's Aunt. Pal Joey. My Sister Eileen.

BOOKS: For Whom the Bells Toll. How Green Was My Valley. You Can't Go Home Again. Native Son To The Finland Station. My Name is Aram. The Power and the Glory. Journey Into Fear. Pal Joey. Farewell, My Lovely.

FIRSTS: Synthetic-Rubber Tire. Black U.S. General (B.O. Davis). Black on Postage Stamp (B.T. Washington).

FADS: Roller-Rink Skating. Calypso Music.